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EDOUARD FAUTEUX, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,098, dated December4, 1894.

Application filed March 31, 1894. Serial No. 505 ,966. (No model.)Patented in Ganada February 24, 1894, No. 45 ,416.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EDQUARD FAUTEUX, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing V in the city and district of Montreal and Province ofQuebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAwnings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

A patent for this invention has been obtained in Canada, No. 45,416,dated February 24, 1894.

My invention has reference to the frame work of awnings for stores andconsists in replacing the spring roller at the top, or the geared one,by a roller propelled by a weight suspended on to a brass band and alsoin the arrangement of the several parts as explained hereinafter andhaving for object to provide a better awning frame than those nowexisting.

Referring to the drawings similar letters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views.

- Figure 1 is a front view; Fig. 2-, a side view; Fig. 3, a side viewwith the canvas covering removed and Fig. 4 a side view when folded in.Y

My invention consists in the two strong upright guides A, securelyfastened on either side of the window B, and on to which slide theweights 0 and D, which are provided with the lugs 0' and d. To thelatter are joined the brass bands 01 and c which are wound around thepulleys d and c mounted on to the extremities of the roller E, whoseshaft is supported by means of the brackets F and G which are fastenedto the building in any suitable manner. As the brass bands (1 and c aresecured to the pulleys d and 0 when the weights 0 and D fall downwardthey make the roller E turn to the right and thus wind the canvas Haround it, but in order to permit of the weights 0 and D to falldownward, I make use of the pieces I, joined at one end to the guides Jand at the other to the pieces K, they having'a joint 11 in theircenter, which permits their folding, by the joints 2' rising,

this having for eifect to force the joint M of the piece K inward towardthe building as shown by the arrow in Fig. 3, and as the canvas H wouldthen be slack the weights fall and wind it up, the piece K folding onitself as shown in Fig. 4.

The end m of the pieces K are joined to the pieces N whose otherextremities slide on the guides J and have for object to keep the wholemore rigid.

On to the upper extremities of the guides A I place the springs O whichhave for objectto cushion the shock which would be caused by the weights0 and D striking the upper end of the guides A when the awning would belowered.

The ordinary bar P is secured at m to the pieces K and N. The upperextremities of the pieces K are joined to the building at K.

As the top canvas H is not joined to the sides P, I put scallops at 10,so that the wind cannot pass under the one H, on account of themclosingthe openings left between the top and sides.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, with the stationary bearing brackets F, the rollerjournaled therein, the canvas wound on the said roller, and the pulleyssecured on the ends of the roller; of the flexible bands wound on thesaid pulleys and provided with weights operating to wind the canvas onthe roller; vertical guides for the said weights; and the two foldingframes for holding the canvas extended, each frame consisting of thejointed bar K under the canvas, the bar N pivoted to the lower end ofthe bar K and serving to hold it extended, and the jointeddiagonally-arranged bar I pivoted to the upper part of the bar K,substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDOUARD FAUTEUX.

Witnesses:

J AMES LAURIN, J. M. T. LAMBERT.

